92 CATALOGUE OF 



EURATA EMERGENS. 



Foem. Late ochracen ; caput, palpi, antenna pedesque nigra ; 

 palpi porrecti, artieulo 3o longi-conico ; antenna subpectinata, 

 dimidio apt call argenteo ; thorax viitta lata nigra ; abdomen 

 vittaapiceque nigris ; alee vitrea, nigro marginata, apice och- 

 racece ; anticce striga transversa nigra. 



Female. Bright orange. Head, palpi and antennae black. 

 Palpi porrect, extending a little beyond the head ; third joint 

 elongate-conical, about half the length of the second. Antennas 

 very slightly pectinated, silvery white for more than one-third of the 

 length from the tips. Thorax with a broad black stripe. Abdomen 

 with a black stripe; tip black. Legs black. Wings vitreous, 

 colourless, bright orange towards the tips, bordered with blaek, 

 black towards the tips, the black border dilated towards the end of 

 the interior border; veins black, partly yellow. Fore wings with a 

 black streak across the end of the discal areolet. Length of the body 

 3^ lines ; of the wings 1 1 lines. 



Allied to E. tenthredoides, but the latter species has not white 

 tips to the antennae nor a black stripe on the abdomen. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus EUNOMIA. 



E UNO MIA SMARAGDINA. 



Mas. Nigro-eyanea ; caput antice et apud oculos album ; palpi 

 erecti, antice albi ; antenna pectinata ; thorax punctis quatuor 

 albis ; abdomen cyaneum, fasciculo apicali coccineo ; alee 

 vitrea, nigra late marginata ; antica striga transversa discali 

 nigra. 



Male. Blackish blue. Head white in front and about the 

 eyes behind. Palpi vertical, white in front. Antennas short, mode- 

 rately pectinated. Thorax with a white dot on each side in front ; 

 a white point on the base of each fore wing. Abdomen deep bright 

 blue ; apical tuft brilliant crimson, deep black towards the base ; 

 under side white, with two white stripes, which are interrupted on 

 the hind border of each segment. Wings broad, vitreous, colourless, 

 broadly bordered with black ; veins black. Fore wings with a black 

 streak across the end of the discal areolet. Length of the body 

 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



